Meredith Vieira

Regis Philbin's pending hip replacement surgery is not slowing him down. The "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" host will sit in for Meredith Vieira, the host of the syndicated version of the game show, during a week-long guest stint from Nov. 30 - Dec. 4.  

NBC "Today" show duo Matt Lauer and Meredith Vieira co-hosted a book party for Al Roker last night at at Sushi Samba in the West Village, where they toasted -- and roasted -- the affable weatherman. Roker -- a fan of mystery-novel machine James Patterson -- published his first book this week, entitled "The Morning Show Murders." The plot involves the mysterious death of a TV producer, and Roker plans to write a mystery series. Read the rest of...  

If you didn't get enough of Matt Lauer during this morning's parade, you can catch him tonight in "NBC's People of the Year" special. TVNewser caught up with Lauer -- and his "Today" show co-host Meredith Vieira -- earlier this week. "These are people we spent some time talking about during the year," he told us. "The focus of the show is 'What happened to them after the headlines?' 'How have their lives changed because of what they went...  

Martha Stewart and Meredith Vieira had an apple bie baking contest on The Today Show. Meredith used her mother's handwritten recipe and Martha used her recipe which has a homemade crust (Meredith uses store bought pie crust). Matt Lauer is the judge and he gets more and more nervous as he realizes that no matter who he picks, he is going to be in big trouble. You can see Jon Bon Jovi in the background laughing, because it's a very funny clip...  

Twilight stars Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart along with rising New Moon teen hunk Taylor Lautner have caught the attention of Meredith Vieira, the very busy host of the Today Show on NBC...  

NBC’s Meredith Vieira used a liberal talking point against the Bush administration on the Today show on Tuesday. Vieira asked  Inez Tenenbaum, the head of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, “Under President Bush, the Consumer Products Safety Commission was criticized for being too cozy with business- essentially, toothless. How do you assure the American public...that that’s no longer the case?” The NBC morning anchor interviewed...  

Hot tipper Aaron writes... I was wondering if you've seen the A news feature "Pot City, USA" narrated by Meredith Vieira. It focuses on Arcata, California, the sleepy NorCal town where upwards of 20% of all private residences have been converted into grow houses. It's filled with the requisite adoration of law enforcement, pot bust ride along, and interview with some crazy-looking medical marijuana user. Medical marijuana is presented as...  

Nov. 18: TODAY Meredith Vieira and domestic guru Martha Stewart go head-to-head in an apple pie bake-off.Add this to your queueAdded: Wed Nov 18 18:14:05 UTC 2009Air date: Wed Nov 18 00:00:00 UTC 2009Duration: 06:47  

Today Show host Meredith Vieira did some things early in her career that she would like to forget like, for instance, taking off her clothes while delivering news for a month. Jay Leno bared Meredith’s secret past as Naked News anchor on his show, saying “I’ve known Meredith a long time. But I did [...]  

Nov. 5: TODAY's Meredith Vieira sits down with Baby Bear on the set of Sesame Street to mark the 40th anniversary of the show.Add this to your queueAdded: Thu Nov 05 19:03:09 UTC 2009Air date: Thu Nov 05 00:00:00 UTC 2009Duration: 00:46  

Despite a plethora of Soup material, by week's end, it was impossible to concentrate on anything but the magnificent Heenes. A boy in a UFO-like balloon? His suspicious comments on Larry King...  

NEW YORK, Oct. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Meredith Vieira won't be the only person asking the questions on "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire" this season. Starting Monday, November 9, Vieira will get assistance from famous names such as Senator John McCain, Vanessa Williams (Ugly Betty), Shaquille O'Neal (NBA), Jane Lynch (Glee), Joe Mantegna (Criminal Minds), Robin Roberts (GMA) and even Cookie Monster (Sesame Street), who will all appear this season...  

Invited on Tuesday's Today show to promote her new book, Carrie Prejean defended the latest scrutiny surrounding her as the latest example of "liberal bias in the media," of "conservative women" being attacked. When confronted by Today co-anchor Meredith Vieira about her assertion she's been "Palinized," Prejean threw back "Do you think Sarah Palin has been attacked," to which Vieira dodged the liberal bias charge simply stating: "I think...  

10/30/2009 - Ann Curry, Al Roker, Matt Lauer, Meredith Vieira, Hoda Kotb, Kathie Lee Gifford and Natalie Morales - NBC's "Today Show" Star Wars Halloween Spectacular in Rockefeller Center - October 30, 2009 - Rockefeller Center - New York City, NY ...  

Meredith Vieira seriously achieved cougar status on a  recent episode of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? when Max Schuman, a Navy pilot, took the hot seat. Viera berated Schuman, “You are one handsome...read more